Video Vault | Hot times at Jubilation/Shark Club

LAS VEGAS (KSNV News3LV) - Almost every major resort on the Strip these days boasts what's called an "Ultra Lounge", where you can dance until dawn and run up the credit card with bottle service. But go back to the late 1970s, and the club scene was just off the Strip. And locals knew where to find the party.

"For five years I hung out there," remembers Jubilation regular Arleen Gibson. "It was the hottest club in Las Vegas, for sure."

The popular nightclub was on Harmon, across from what's now Planet Hollywood.

"Jubilation had a certain class to it, it was a very classy atmosphere," says Arleen.

The club was opened by popular singer and showroom entertainer Paul Anka, and named for one of his 1970s records.

"So they combined the disco format with the dining format, and Paul Anka's Jubilation was born," explains Tony Gibson.

Tony was the manager at Jubilation when Arleen showed up nursing a broken romance.

"Very sharp, handsome looking man, but wasn't I even looking at him," says Arleen. "But he was looking at me. And he likes Latin women, so it worked out perfect. So he sent me a drink over and asked if I'd like to go out to dinner."

"We were just getting ready to make the change over to the Shark Club, and I was there working one evening in the disco," picks up Tony. "She came in, I met her ... and the rest is history, as they say."

Tony and Arleen's marriage continues to this day, but Jubilation closed in 1982 to make way for the Shark Club.

"The first club in town to ever have intelligent lighting, moving truss, it was very unique at the time. Because no other places had it," says John Scaglione about the Shark Club.